Emergency Medical Services
The EMS Division provides our community with professional and high quality emergency medical services. These services include the Advanced Life Support (ALS) program which places a California State Licensed paramedic on each fire company to assist our citizens and visitors during a medical emergency.
“Every 15 Minutes” Program Each year, Law Enforcement Agencies along with North County Fire Authority, present “Every 15 Minutes”, a two-day program focusing on high school juniors and seniors. This program challenges youth to think about drinking, driving, personal safety and the responsibility of making mature decisions. It also focuses on the impact their decisions have on the family, friends and many others. The program’s name was derived from the fact that in the early 1990’s, every fifteen minutes someone in the United States died in an alcohol-related traffic collision. Through several efforts, the death rate is now every 30 minutes, a figure which continues to be unacceptable. The program brings together a broad coalition of interested local agencies with the goal of reducing alcohol-related incidents among youth. |